Courtesy of Previews World and bleedingcool.com we have the upcoming releases for the first month of 2019. By this date, the IDW Transformers Universe finally came to an end, so the list is short this time.
Transformers is present with the Star Trek Vs Transformers crossover, bringing the final issue of this mini-series with Star Trek Vs Transformers #5.
But we are not out of transforming robots stories. The new Gobots comic will hit comic stores with the Go-Bots #3 issue.
The original IDW Transformers universe would be in stores anyway in some way. Lost Light Vol. 4 and Optimus Prime Vol. 5 are listed as an advance solicited for February release.
You can check out all of the solicits, together with their excellent cover artwork, attached to this post after the jump. Then, you can sound off on the 2005 Boards!
STAR TREK VS TRANSFORMERS #5 (OF 5) CVR A MURPHY
(W) John Barber, Mike Johnson (A/CA) Philip Murphy
The stunning conclusion! As the Klingon-Decepticon alliance prepares to wipe out their enemies once and for all, Kirk and the Autobots make one last desperate bid to merge Cybertronian technology with Starfleet ingenuity. It’s a final conflict you won’t want to miss!
The Transformers ’80s cartoon series meets Star Trek: The Animated Series in a no-holds-barred Saturday morning mash-up for the ages!
Demand was so high, we’re doing another issue!
In Shops: Jan 23, 2019 – SRP: $3.99
STAR TREK VS TRANSFORMERS #5 (OF 5) CVR B BURCHAM
(W) John Barber, Mike Johnson (A) Philip Murphy (CA) Josh Burcham
In Shops: Jan 23, 2019 – SRP: $3.99
STAR TREK VS TRANSFORMERS #5 (OF 5) RETAILER INCENTIVE COVER PANDA
(W) John Barber, Mike Johnson (A) Philip Murphy (CA) Chris Panda
In Shops: Jan 23, 2019 – SRP: $3.99
(W) Tom Scioli (A/CA) Tom Scioli
Welcome to Gobotron. Leader-1 and the Go-Bots have built a planet of their own. Astronauts Lee Spencer, Charlotte Scott and Venyamin Alexander pay Gobotron a visit and find themselves victims of the strange and deadly politics of a Gobotocracy. If they can escape Zod the Go-Bot monster, they’ll have to face the judgment of the Rock Lords. Is there a place for people in a post-human society?
From the creative mind that brought you IDW’s Transformers vs. G.I. Joe!
Visionary creator, Tom Scioli, unleashes his imagination on the bizarre, absurd, and wonderful world of Go-Bots!
In Shops: Jan 23, 2019-SRP: $3.99
(W) Tom Scioli (A) Tom Scioli (CA) Dash Shaw
(W) James Roberts (A) E. J. Su, Casey Coller, Jack Lawrence, Brendan Cahill (CA) Nick Roche
The adventures of Rodimus and the crew of the Lost Light come to a close in this action-packed thriller! Years ago, the crew of the Lost Light fought a demonic Cybertronian mutant that fed on its victims’ souls. Now, Rodimus and Co. are about to discover that the only thing worse than a sparkeater… is an army of sparkeaters! Plus, something is coming. It cannot be stalled. It cannot be avoided. It cannot be reasoned with. As the end of everything draws near, a simple instruction rings out across the universe: prepare, confront, repel.
Collects issues #19-25.
Advance solicited for February release!
“This is as good as it gets, and I imagine it probably won’t let up from here on in.”-Big Comic Page
End of the Road! The Autobots are faced with multiple threats, one of them a danger not only to Cybertron, but to the whole universe! Trapped between Shockwave’s attack and Unicron’s onslaught, Optimus and the Autobots struggle to make sense of what’s left of their world, as Optimus’ colonist soldiers contend with a brutal reality-they have no homes to return to. Plus, Shockwave reveals ancient truths-as an old friend tries to reconnect with Cybertron.
Collects the 2018 Annual and issues #22-25, which conclude the series.
Advance solicited for February release!
“This series now promises to deliver a fitting finale.”-Big Comic Page
Nocturne
Same! It's a nice cover but it isn't suited as one for the final volume. Either Milne's or Jack's final issue covers would be much better.
SG Roadbuster
I enjoyed the entire run.
The high points for me were
Furman's era of 84 2.0 that ran alongside his goofy space opera stuff
And the Barber/Roberts/Scott era. I was especially fond of the Windblade books. Mairghred Scott is thus far, my favorite transformers writer.
The low points were the big events. Idw is at its best when it's telling a month to month ongoing story. The events felt like forced mandates from either Hasbro or upper management. (Especially Revolution and First Strike)
G1Prowl
I feel you, they did the same thing to me with All Hail Megatron.
justiceg
Man, if only the passion that IDW seems to inspire – on both the pro side and the con side – actually translated into sales for their books.
SG Roadbuster
They killed the continuity that I've loved for the last 13 years.
Good bye idw, I have no reason to buy any more of your books.
NanakoPreame
You can have as many awards as you want for your comic, but that doesn't mean anything if people haven't heard of it/
G1Prowl
I really need to pick up the Star Trek/Transformers book. The GoBots, however, looks like they are indeed not taking ANY aspect of it seriously. I should have expected no less, my only option is to vote with my wallet.
After Marvel bought Malibu Comics, there was an ad placed stating simply "Marvel read the Ultraverse. Look what happened." This line developed a much darker meaning given what DID happen after the buyout. I don't view ANY comic company being bought out by Marvel as a good thing anymore. I really wish DC would have won the bidding war on Malibu, at least I'd still have stories of the characters to read as opposed to what I have now. Hell, I can't even get a Solitaire figure snuck into the Marvel Universe line…
Dark Prime
just one emoticon
jackgaughan
They've never heard of them, but they think they're drivel. Checks out I guess because that is how things work.
Probe
Then congrats on quite literally not knowing what you're talking about, I guess?
Thundermania
Oh, you did? I've never heard of any of that drivel.
Probe
I listed multiple projects that Scioli wrote as well, including all of his self published books such as American Barbarian and his DC Comics work.
Thundermania
He was discussing his writing ability, you discussed his artistic ability. One doesn't equal success in the other.
Probe
He wrote a long hyperbole filled paragraph asking the heavens how the person could be employed. And I answered; by having a catalogue of well reviewed work.
Thundermania
He wasn't talking about the guy's artistic skills.
Probe
He drew the Eisner Award Winning Godland for Image Comics for 7 years and then published his own critically acclaimed comics online which later were collected in hardcover at IDW. He's done covers for Marvel, Image and DC for years and in 2016 he did the DC Superpowers backup strips in DC's Cave Carson book for their Young Animal imprint.
So you know, talented people who produce well-received work often get to make more.
BB Shockwave
"From the creative mind that brought you IDW’s Transformers vs. G.I. Joe!
Visionary creator, Tom Scioli, unleashes his imagination on the bizarre, absurd, and wonderful world of Go-Bots!"
Visionary? Try "bat-**** insane" maybe.
Whose relative is this guy anyway, Chris Ryall's, that he gets to basically do whatever the hell he wants with Hasbro franchises? I checked and he barely did anything (according to wikipedia) before this. The best the article can tell about him is that "he is famous for drawing in Jack Kirby's style". I guess copying the work of someone far more talented than you can get a person far in the comic business these days.
Michael Payton
Remember that a lot of people here don't read anything but Transformers, so they don't know that besides IDW's line of Duck (and Mouse) books, Disney has granted IDW licenses for comics based on Star Wars and Marvel Super Heroes. Disney had previously given them the license to Big Hero 6, based on the Disney movie, not the Marvel comic of the same name. Disney has removed that prior version of the property from Marvel's control entirely. It was a very heated spat between Marvel's former EIC that led Disney to look elsewhere for any further comic book adaptions of their properties, especially if they're looking for them to be kid friendly, which is the explicit license for the IDW Star Wars and Marvel titles from IDW.
As to IDW's financial state, Disney would need to assume IDW's debt which is larger than their value as a publisher or imprint. Locke and Key is their only IP and that isn't worth the cost of assuming their debts. Licenses would likely not carry over if Disney was to buy them out, so those would need to be renegotiated with the new publishers.
Fantagraphics could and likely would handle the majority of the newspaper strip collections that IDW publishes. That's the biggest concern for most people who are interested in comics.
Probe
It's actually far more likely that just like Star Wars and Disney, Marvel's kids line is with IDW because IDW has proven for decades now that it is much better at selling children's focused comics than Marvel is. In both single issues and collections. Disney stands to make more profit by licencing out to a company than it would publishing a lower selling comic at Marvel and fronting the cost of production themselves.
If Disney were to buy IDW that's just more redundancy in owning and taking on the debts and expenses of two comics publishing houses.